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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about White Hall (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for White Hall. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for White Hall ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Another variation: Whitehall.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named White Hall. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Hall.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

White Hall is located in Jackson County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Calhoun, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria & Wharton.

Below are the counties that are near White Hall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Hall:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of White Hall)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.
    • Ganado
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • La Ward
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Francitas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lolita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Edna
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Edna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
    • Matilda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Matilda is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
    • Vanderbilt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Weedhaven
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Weedhaven is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedhaven
    • La Salle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Morales
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.
    • Point Comfort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Port Alto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Port Alto is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Alto
    • Port Lavaca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.
    • Provident City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Provident City is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident City
    • Nada
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Garwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Lavaca County
  • Matagorda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.
    • Midfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Blessing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmaton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Markham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Palacios
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Collegeport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Elliott ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Elliott is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Elliott has also been known as:
      • Elliott's
    • Bay City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Chalmers
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Chalmers is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
    • McCroskey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • McCroskey is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCroskey
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.
    • Inez
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Telferner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Wharton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.
    • Louise
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hillje
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillje is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillje
    • Danevang
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • El Campo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hahn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hahn is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahn
    • Pierce
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mackay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Mackay is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
    • Glen Flora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lane City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wharton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Hall, see our County-by-County Page for White Hall.

Cemeteries Near White Hall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Hall.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for White Hall - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Hall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.

  • Assumption Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ganado Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ganado Community Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Brackenridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Procopius Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Procopius Cemetery
    • The St. Procopius Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Procopius Cemetery
  • Red Bluff Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Francitas Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Garden of Memories
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sayle Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cornelius Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Burnettville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Prairie City Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Blessing Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Phillips Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find White Hall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Hall.

These communities are listed based on their distance from White Hall, with the one closest to White Hall listed first.

  • Louise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ganado
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Edna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Edna is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
  • El Toro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • El Toro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Toro
  • Ashby
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
  • Navidad
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Navidad is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navidad
  • Morales
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Morales is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
  • Inez
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Mackay
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Mackay is located in Wharton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
  • Elliott ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Elliott is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Elliott has also been known as:
    • Elliott's
  • Wharton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Hall. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Hall.

Newspapers Published in White Hall ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Hall.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Hall, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Hall.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to White Hall:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about White Hall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.